"Mine safety must be their highest priority."
"I'd like to associate myself with Senator Murray's remarks, and address myself to the families, and thank them for being here to bear witness and to make sure that this doesn't happen to other miners ..."
"I think we have to examine what we can do legally to make sure that mines that are clearly not safe are shut down."
"That is an actual funding issue, right?"
"There is no doubt that a clean energy revolution is the key to creating jobs and fostering economic development in communities all across the Country."
"I have a very specific thing that I am going to be actually introducing a bill about, which is LGBT youth being bullied."
"I share Senator Bennet's and your passion and outrage at what we have now."
"I would urge all of us who have this enormous responsibility to reauthorize this act, all of us on this committee to work in a culture rooted in passion, accountability, leadership, and teamwork."
"Economic development has got to be the answer."
"I would like to work with you on this and explicit protections for folks on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender for kids who are--it is a very real thing that there is this bullying in school."
"From 2000 to 2007, American families saw their premiums almost double. During that time, we saw more than 6 million Americans become uninsured."